Child, W
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King opts for slower tempos than expected, illuminating every stately arpeggio in the opening instrumental prelude until the explosive entry of the voices...And in the lovely anthem My heart... —
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Coronation Music for King James II
The Choir of Westminster Abbey, The English Concert, Simon Preston
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the Peterhouse Choir catches winningly the bounding enthusiasm and engaging harmonies of the Magnificat from Thomas Wilson's Evening Service in C, and the bright, buoyant rhythms of the little-known... —
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O praise the Lord
Restoration Music from Westminster Abbey
Robert Quinney (organ), Julian Stocker (tenor) & Robert Macdonald (bass)
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell
Throughout every work O'Donnell's direction is alive to the sophisticated vocal layering, and ever attentive to the meaning of the words - an innate musicality echoed in Robert Quinney's 'voluntary... —
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Music at the Coronation of King James II, 1685
James Bowman (alto), Andrew Tortise (tenor) & Maciek O'Shea (bass)
The Choir of the Chapel Royal & The Musicians Extra-ordinary, Andrew Gant
[Andrew Gant] used the music to showcase his modern-day Chapel Royal Choir, recorded in its home at St James's Palace. The shaded interplay between the small group of instruments and polished... —
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Charivari Agréable [trans. 'pleasant tumult'] has carved something of a niche for itself in imaginative and well-thought-out programming. Its work is the fruit of both scholarly research and... —
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A beautiful and effective set. —
